What if the brain that attacked Ron was Nicolas Flame...

[annunathradien]

No: HPFGUIDX 102604

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at a... wrote:
> 
> Ohhhhh what if its the brain of an evil wizard such as 
Grindelwald.  

That's a very intriguing (allbeit disturbing) guess.  Flamel wasn't 
the only wizard out there searching for the key to immortality.  
Voldemort had also gone through extensive precautions to prolong his 
life.  What if he wasn't the only Dark Wizard/Witch to figure out a 
way in *preserving* him/herself?  At least his/her mind?  Like those 
folks who pay thousands to have their heads cryogenically frozen 
(although methinks these purported Dark Wizards hadn't been intending 
on being trapped in the DoM for all eternity).  This could be why 
those brains are so wild, per se, they've been trapped / emprisoned 
in the DoM god knows how long.  Mixing up with anything in the DoM is 
probably bad news, but what could have a (theoretically) long 
emprisoned mind done to Ron?


> I seem to recall a bit in the book mentioning something along the 
lines of 
> thoughts causing  the deepest scars. 

I put this in another reply to the topic, but for your convenience...

OOTP Schol. CH. 38, PG. 847
"There were still deep welts on [Ron's] forearms where the brain's
tentacles had wrapped around him. According to Madam Pomfrey,
thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else,
though since she had started applying copious amounts of Dr. Ubbly's
Oblivious Unction, there seemed to be some improvement."

On one side, I had been wondering if this could awaken some dormant 
ability in Ron.  On the other, with JKR's use of the word "scarring", 
I have a funny feeling whatever consequences of this attack, they are 
not going to be pretty at all.  


> did JKR mean only physically or could 
> she mean mental scars as well?  

Wouldn't be surprised if it was both.  Since it's "thoughts" that 
leave "deeper scarring than almost anything else", I have a feeling 
it's leaning more towards mental scars, not physical.  It's just that 
the brain used a physical attack to induce whatever possible mental / 
psychological injury.  If I were really going to jump into paranoia 
land... if Voldemort or the DEs found out about this "injury", 
could/would it be exploited in some way?

annunathradien